Miss Apis's Tongue. 29 



get her head into the tiny openings that 

 lead to the nectar? 



You need not worry about that. She 

 knows what to do, and all at once produces 

 'a long shining brown tongue and 

 [thrusts it deep down into the nectar. 

 Here is a morning-glory that must 

 yhave had an X-ray turned upon it, 

 yfor we can see right through it to 

 ^where Miss Apis is reaching 

 her brown tongue down to 

 the nectar. 



This tongue is almost as queer as her 

 eyes. Not that she has twelve thousand 

 six hundred tongues. Oh, no; one tongue 

 like hers is quite enough, as you probably 

 will agree when you know -^ 

 more about it. ^-j 



,, . , , J J^- -— Enjoying a 



It IS a long tongue and a * drop of honey. 

 strong tongue, and curls about, lapping up 

 the sweetness, as you can see for yourself 

 if you catch her and give her a drop of 

 honey. 



